Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2192 Films to Buy & Rent
Adventures of Pluto Nash, The (2002)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson…
- Sci–fi comedy set in 2080 and following a lunar nightclub owner and ex–convict (Eddie Murphy) who is trying to keep the mafia out of his…
Alive (2002)
- Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
Feat. Hideo Sakaki, Koyuki, Tak Sakaguchi
- A convicted murderer is sentenced to death, only to escape execution and become the subject of bizarre prison experiments in this inventive marriage…
Below (2002)
- Dir. David Twohy
Feat. Matthew Davis, Bruce Greenwood
- A ghost–story set aboard a US submarine in 1943, that combines a spooky use of sound, darkness and psychology to keep it above the prowling…
Blue Crush (2002)
- Dir. John Stockwell
Feat. Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis
- Turbo charged surf drama in which ‘surfing Cinderella’ Kate Bosworth dreams of “laying pipe” on the big waves of Oahu, Hawaii, but must…
Bourne Identity, The (2002)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Chris Cooper…
- A stylish transcription of the Robert Ludlum thriller, with amnesiac CIA super–agent Matt Damon scrambling to survive as he’s hunted…
Core, The (2002)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo
- Overblown actioner in which scientists discover that the Earth's core will soon stop spinning, unleashing a wave of natural…
Count of Monte Cristo, The (2002)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Michael Wincott…
- Replicating the contemporary–yet–traditional witty action–mix of MASK OF ZORRO, this version of Alexander Dumas’ 19th century…
Dead or Alive 3 (Final) (2002)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi
- Imaginative, futuristic final entry in a remarkable action trilogy that this time presents its anti–heroic pair toughing it out in a dystopian…
Die Another Day (2002)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Judi Dench…
- High on octane, low on sustenance, Pierce Brosnan beefs up the machismo (and arrogance?) for his fourth outing as Bond – indignant after a long…
Dust (2002)
- Dir. Milcho Manchevski
Feat. Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham
- The dir. of BEFORE THE RAIN executes this ‘Balkan western’ with violent, overblown panache despite some miscasting and a dusted–off…